- past tense form of experience.
- past participle of experience.
experienced
Americanadjective
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wise or skillful in a particular field through experience.
an experienced teacher.
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having learned through experience; taught by experience.
experienced through adversity.
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endured; undergone; suffered through.
experienced misfortunes.
adjective
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of experienced
First recorded in 1560–70; experience + -ed 2
Explanation
Someone experienced has first-hand knowledge of something. A 10-year veteran is an experienced baseball player. Experience is time you spend doing or learning something. If you've had a job as a welder, you have welding experience. When someone is described as experienced, it means they have first-hand knowledge about something. An experienced teacher has been teaching for years. An experienced writer has written many books or articles. An experienced soldier has been in the field for a while. People who are experienced tend to be wise: they know what they're talking about.
Example Sentences
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This is the part where we acknowledge what experienced pubcrawlers know: Guinness is its own deal, widely beloved, but not for everyone.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026
England welcome back the experienced Amy Cokayne at hooker as their 41-match unbeaten run goes on the line against Rugby World Cup runners-up Canada in Toronto on Friday.
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026
Birds that had not carried weights while growing up experienced a 23% increase in energy expenditure when walking with the added load compared with walking without it.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2026
I believe it helps enormously to know that this was a shared, collective trauma, and that many millions of people around the world also went through what you experienced.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 14, 2026
By this time, McKee had turned the more than 250 volunteer Marauders into what was probably the most experienced archaeological diving team in the world.
From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler
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